A brief note about guacamole and its referent, thanks to this ADS-L posting on 7/26  by Bill Mullins: OED has 1920 for guacamole. Barry Popik has 1894. [see below] Bill takes this back a few years: Springfield [VT] Reporter 25 Sep 1891 p 2 col 3. “The famous aguacate, known here as the alligator pear, is really no … Continue reading Avocado Chronicles: 7 “eatable only as a salad”